Mild stress during development affects the phenotype of great tit Parus major nestlings: A challenge experiment

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-110

  Talloen, W ^a   Lens, Luc ^b   Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Adriaensen, Frank ^a   Matthysen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Developmental instability; Fitness; Fluctuating asymmetry

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FITNESS; FLEDGING; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; SURVIVAL;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 77952948673     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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